Friday, June 15, 2007

Quotable Quotes from Paatashaala

“Schools can be anywhere…everywhere, not just in buildings”
- Ranjan De, May 2007


“Here and now… what is it to be happy and being the best, now? … education should give children this…”
- Akila, May 2007

“he (the child) learns what he wants to learn, he may not learn what you want him to learn”
- Dr. Saraswathi, June 2007

“If I have to be with people, I can’t be a specialist, I have to be a generalist.. people are like that. I did not specialise in maths, nor in language but am today called to speak on both…”
- Dr. Saraswathi, June 2007

1 comment:

sri said...

I Paid nearly one lakh to get my son admitted to one level lower to LKG. I dont know why but we have been so used to this concept of factory education with no other alternatives emerging as a saviour. I am already worried at what I am going to pay for my son as tution fees 20 Years down the line with 10% Growth rate of the economy and around 15% to 20% inflation. Sometimes I am worried about the impact on fathers and Mothers going to have than the students because they only have high expectation about the childrens